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Davies Turner boosted by lifting of Iranian sanctions
Freight forwarder Davies Turner is slowly seeing improvements in its volumes to and from Iran following the lifting of sanctions.The UK-based company first established its Tehran office in the country in the mid-1960s and has maintained a presence since then.The company said its market knowledge and understanding of local rules ...
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Chapman Freeborn utilises AN-225 for transport from Germany to Abu Dhabi
Chapman Freeborn and Fiege Logistics Switzerland have successfully completed a project to transport outsize oil and gas equipment totalling 232 tons from Germany to Abu Dhabi.Chapman Freeborn utilised an Antonov AN-225 freighter and an additional Boeing B747-400F aircraft to deliver the time-critical cargo from and Frankfurt–Hahn Airport to Abu Dhabi ...
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AirBridgeCargo adds new weekly freighter service from US to Middle East
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) will today introduce a new weekly US-Europe-Middle East-Russia service aimed to cater for the oil and gas industries.The service will set off from Houston on Monday evenings before heading to Chicago, Luxembourg and then onto Abu Dhabi before returning via Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.ABC vice president North and ...
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John Good Air achieves IATA agency accreditation
Recently launched airfreight agent John Good Air has achieved its IATA cargo accreditation, allowing it deal with registered airlines and agents.The accreditation provides John Good Air with industry recognition of its financial and professional competence.The company said one of the benefits of becoming an accredited agent is that members are ...
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Cargo partnership trend continues as ANA-United finally reveal start date for transpac tie-up
The ongoing ANA Cargo and United Cargo transpacific partnership will finally launch in July, 18 months after news of the tie-up first broke.ANA said the two airlines had finally signed the partnership contract on March 30 and they planned to launch the tie-up on July 5.Joint sales and aligned operations ...
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CEVA looks to ease complex Brazilian Customs processes
CEVA Logistics has updated its Customs clearance operation in Brazil as it attempts to streamline country’s complex and changing processes.The forwarder said the complex nature of Brazilian Customs processes can lead to delays for those companies not working with a partner who is fully conversant in all aspects of their ...
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Brussels' cargo traffic continues to recover after March attacks
Cargo traffic at Brussels airport continued to recover in April after the terrorist attacks in March.The airport said that in April cargo volumes were down 4.8% year on year to 39,129 tons as passenger operations were closed until April 3 and took a while longer to fully recover after that ...
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PEMCO makes latest conversion delivery to SF Airlines
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has redelivered a Boeing 737-300 freighter aircraft to fast expanding Chinese express carrier SF Airlines.The conversion was carried out by PEMCO partner STAECO in Jinan Shandong, China, and its redelivery marks the fifteenth B737-300/400 converted by the company for SF Airlines since 2013.Four more PEMCO ...
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Silk Way freighter crashes on take-off in Afghanistan
A Silk Way-owned freighter has reportedly crashed in Afghanistan, killing seven of its nine crew members.The exact details of what happened to the aircraft have yet to emerge, but new agency Reuters and Azerbaijani publications are quoting the State Aviation Administration (ASAA) as saying an Antanov-12 aircraft crashed when taking ...
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Egyptair flight missing
An Egyptair Airbus A320 (flight MS804) with 66 people on board has gone missing on a flight from Paris to Cairo, with news agency reports that it has crashed in the Mediterranean Sea around 30 miles north of the Egyptian coast.On board are 7 crew, 3 security guards and 56 ...
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Asian lessor BOC Aviation to list on Hong Kong with IPO
Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation is to list its shares on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after launching a US$1.1bn initial public offering (IPO).The HK$42.00 price per share will raise net proceeds of approximately US$547m for Singapore-based BOC Aviation and a similar amount for Bank of China, ...
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Wizard of Oz: An-225 makes its debut in Australia
Antonov’s An-225 (Mriya) freighter has landed for the first time in Australia when it touched down in Perth with a 117 ton generator on board.The charter of the world’s largest capacity freighter aircraft was organised by DB Schenker, and the special event saw thousands of onlookers gathered near the western ...
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UPS partners with drone project for healthcare supply chains in Rwanda
UPS has formed a partnership with medical alliance Gavi and robotics firm Zipline to explore the use of unmanned aircraft to deliver vaccines to remote locations in Rwanda.The UPS Foundation has awarded an $800,000 grant to support the launch of the Gavi and Zipline initiative, with the belief that the ...
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Qatar ups stake in IAG to 15.01%
Qatar Airways has raised further its stake in British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) to 15.01% and may consider acquiring more of the company over time, the airline told Reuters.Less than a month ago Qatar Airways raised its stake in IAG to just under 12% from 9.99%.Speaking at a ...
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FedEx offer for TNT gains unconditional acceptance
FedEx's offer for TNT shares has been unconditionally accepted with the deal now set to be completed on May 25.This morning the two companies declared that 88.4% of all TNT shares had been tendered and accepted with all offer conditions satisfied or waived.“We are pleased with the outcome of the ...
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YTO Express Airlines reveals international ambitions
Recently launched YTO Express Airlines has revealed the extent of its global ambitions after its chairman unveiled plans for widebody freighter orders that will be used to create international services.Chairman of express firm YTO, Yu Weijiao, told China Daily that the airline would order at least three widebody freighters for ...
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Tough times continue for SIA Cargo as it records operating loss
SIA Cargo saw full-year operating losses deepen during its last financial year as tough market conditions weighed down performance.During the financial year ended March 31, the Singapore-based airline recorded an operating loss of S$50m compared with a S$22m loss during the same period 12 months earlier.SIA Cargo said its operating ...
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NewsCargo crime group calls for law enforcement to provide more data
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has called on law enforcement agencies to increase the amount of cargo crime data they share to help the logistics and transport industry reduce incidents of theft.TAPA said if law enforcement agencies share extra crime data its members would be able to utilise this ...
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Envirotainer adds new Delhi station as India's pharma industry takes off
Envirotainer has opened a new ULD station in Delhi to expand the number of facilities to a total of 57 and take advantage of India's growing pharmaceutical industry.“India is a world player in generic drugs manufacturers and API supplier for decades,” said Suat Toh, head of sales Asia Pacific region.“With ...
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TNT tenders shares as next step in takeover by FedEx
TNT Express has tendered 88.4% of its shares for acceptance as part of its proposed takeover by FedEx.The Netherlands-based express firm will announce whether shareholders have unconditionally accepted the offer by no later than May 19.The move comes after China gave its approval for the FedEx-TNT deal in late April.With ...